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UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has warned that tens of millions of people have started the new year in need of urgent humanitarian support and that the capacity and resources of the international humanitarian system are stretched “to the limit”.
“We enter 2014 with multiple, severe...

Heavy fighting broke on 15 December in South Sudan’s capital Juba and quickly spread to four other states, forcing over 120,000 people to flee their homes. Some 63,000 people have sought refuge at the UN peacekeeping bases around the country. Despite the access challenges caused by insecurity, aid...

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Kyung-wha Kang said today that a new approach to humanitarian work in South Sudan over the next few years will see a focus on longer-term investment and disaster management to build resilience and improve preparedness.
“My discussions with...

Aid agencies have launched a multi-year humanitarian appeal to help communities affected by hostilities, displacement, food insecurity, poverty and natural disasters in South Sudan, the youngest and one of the poorest countries in the world.
The three-year plan, which seeks $1.1 billion for projects in 2014...

The roar of Antonov aircraft would often fill the skies above Um Duluk village in Sudan’s border region of South Kordofan, says Affat. For her, the sound was a warning that she needed to gather her eight children and flee to the safety of nearby foothills where they would wait out the bombing that...